Salem, Oh. Homestead Print, [ca. 1850]. Broadside, 16 x 10 3/4 inches. A few short closed edge tears, light toning and foxing. Very good plus. A rare and striking abolitionist broadside from Salem, Ohio, the seat of the Western Anti-Slavery Society, and a small but important center of progressive movements... More

New York. Dec. 18, 1865. pp.[345]-384. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Ex-Brookline Public Library, with their inkstamps on the first page, else quite clean. Very good. A rare and early periodical printing of the Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, contained in an issue of the NATIONAL FREEDMAN. The text of the... More

Cincinnati: The American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1855. 117pp. Folding woodcut frontis. 12mo. Modern brown cloth, paper label. Old institutional stamp on titlepage. Moderate foxing. Very good. Much later edition, after the first of 1791. A synopsis of the evidence presented to the House of Commons on the slave... More

[Chicago. ca. 1846]. pp.[89]-96. Dbd. Light soiling and wear. Good. A scarce printed letter from John Quincy Adams to the anti-slavery committee in Bangor, dated July 4, 1843, followed by a report from the Monroe, New York DEMOCRAT about Adams' recent journey through the state. In his letter to the... More

New Jersey; [N.p.]: Underwood & Underwood; [n.p.], [ca. 1895]. Two stereoviews on card, each 3 1/2 x 7 inches. Minor edge wear. Very good. A pair of stereoviews featuring African-American subjects. The first was published by Underwood & Underwood in New Jersey, and features several men, women, and children picking... More

Middletown: C.H. Pelton, 1837. 32pp. Dbd. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good. A declaration of sentiments expressed by the Anti-Slavery Society of Meriden, Connecticut to their fellow citizens, expressing their views on slavery and abolition in the hope of persuading their fellows to feel likewise. This second edition was published... More

Philadelphia. 1821. 58pp. Dbd. Gatherings loose. Trimmed a bit closely, affecting some text. Lightly foxed. Good. The American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race brought together several regional and state organizations under a national umbrella group. The group was founded in... More

Washington, D.C. 1879. 16,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild spotting to wrappers. Light foxing. Very good. A rare report for a little-known organization formed in the American capital in 1863 to support "aged or indigent colored women and children." The present work includes the charter, by-laws, a list of officers, the... More

New York. 1944. 31,[1]pp. Original printed card covers. Last few leaves opened roughly. Near fine. Part of the series of "Public Affairs Pamphlets," this title discusses the Detroit Race Riots of 1943 and how to avoid similar disturbances - forty-four people died in the riot, hundreds were injured, and hundreds... More

[St. Louis. 1923]. Black-and-white photograph, 10 x 57 3/4 inches. Mild surface wear, light creases, a couple of closed tears, not afecting the image. Very good. Rolled. An extraordinary photographic record of the 28th annual convention of the National Medical Association, held in St. Louis in August 1934. The organization's... More

New York: Showden & Prall, 1847. 94pp. Original half morocco and marbled boards, printed title label on front board. Spine perished, boards and front endleaves detached. Tanned, scattered foxing. Good. The earliest Mpongwe imprint for use among missionaries in Africa, compiled by those working at the Gabun Mission operated by... More

Philadelphia: Alexander Towar, 1833. xlvii,[1],574pp. 20th-century buckram, gilt leather labels. Titlepage stained, with dampstaining near the gutter of the first few and last few leaves, minor foxing. Good plus. The second digest of laws for the state of Alabama, after the 1823 digest compiled by Judge Harry Toulmin. For this... More

[New Haven: Sherman Converse, 1823]. 23pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched as issued. Review of the reports for the years 1818 through 1823, gathered from the Christian Spectator. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation of free blacks by establishing a colony for them outside the United States... More

[St. Louis. nd, ca. 1893]. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Some light dampstaining in margins. Still very good. This promotional tract for the southern states was issued by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. Sets forth the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and commercial advantages of the region, but with... More

New York. 1875. 542pp. plus numerous plates and two colored maps (one folding). Original gilt pictorial maroon cloth, spine gilt. Very minor shelf wear. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. A pristine, beautiful copy. First American edition, after the London edition of the previous year. In 1869 the Khedive... More

London: John Baskett, 1721. xxxii,314pp. Folio. Modern half calf and marbled boards, stamped in gilt. Very good. Laws of the island of Barbados, from the time of its early settlement by the English to 1718. Laws printed herein include those concerning sugar, ginger, and other exports of the island; acts... More

Philadelphia. 1848. 15,[1]pp. Dbd. Spine reinforced. Later short pencil annotation on titlepage. Light toning at edges. About very good. James Barclay was a prominent advocate for prison reform in Philadelphia. In this dedicatory address, he explains that although a shelter for juvenile delinquents had been established in the city in... More